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8 more Filipino crew of Japanese cruise ship catch novel coronavirus @ 2020-02-19T00: 返回 熱門新聞
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METRO MANILA (CNN PHILIPPINES, FEBRUARY 18)— EIGHT MORE FILIPINOS ABOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP DOCKED IN JAPAN HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTED FILIPINOS TO 35, THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT SAID MONDAY.
「AS SUCH, THE EMBASSY IS COORDINATING WITH ALL RELEVANT PHILIPPINE AND JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND IS MEETING WITH SENIOR MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES OF PRINCESS CRUISES TO ENSURE AN ORDERLY AND SAFE REPATRIATION OF FILIPINOS ONCE THEY CLEAR THE JAPANESE QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS,」 THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE DOH DREW FLAK LAST WEEK FOR RECOMMENDING A BAN ON ALL TRAVEL TO AND FROM TAIWAN FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT』S ONE CHINA POLICY. THE GOVERNMENT IMPOSED THE BAN LATE MONDAY LAST WEEK, FORCING THE CANCELLATION OF FLIGHTS AND LEADING TO CHAOS AT THE AIRPORTS IN MANILA AND TAIPEI, WHERE FILIPINOS RETURNING TO JOBS OR TAKING NEW JOBS IN TAIWAN OR RETURNING HOME WERE STRANDED.
IN COORDINATION WITH THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IS SAID TO BE SENDING CARE PACKAGES CONTAINING TOILETRIES AND NON-MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO FILIPINOS WHO ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AS WELL AS TO THOSE WHO REMAIN ON BOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS.
THE M/V DIAMOND PRINCESS IS THE CRUISE SHIP THAT HAS BEEN QUARANTINED IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. THE IAFT-EID SAID THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO BRING HOME ALL 500 FILIPINO CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD THE SHIP.
COMPANIES IN HUBEI PROVINCE, THE EPICENTRE OF THE OUTBREAK, WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM PAYING PENSIONS, JOBLESS INSURANCE AND WORK INJURY INSURANCE FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE, IT SAID. THE GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP THE MINIMUM PURCHASE PRICE FOR RICE STABLE THIS YEAR AND WILL ACCELERATE HOG PRODUCTION AND INCREASE STATE RESERVES OF FROZEN PORK, IT ADDED.
THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS HAS NOW INFECTED MORE THAN 24,300 PEOPLE IN MORE THAN TWO DOZEN COUNTRIES, KILLING 490 PEOPLE IN CHINA AS WELL AS ONE PERSON IN THE PHILIPPINES AND ONE PERSON IN HONG KONG. INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALISTS AND SCIENTISTS SAY THE CORONAVIRUS THAT'S SHUTTERING COMPANIES ACROSS MAINLAND CHINA MAY BE EVEN MORE CONTAGIOUS THAN CURRENT DATA SHOWS.
THE 11 FILIPINOS, ALL CREW MEMBERS OF THE VESSEL THAT IS QUARANTINED OFF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ARE CONFINED IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS IN AND AROUND TOKYO, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA).
MEANWHILE MORE THAN 300 AMERICANS WHO HAD BEEN ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP RETURNED HOME VIA U.S. GOVERNMENT EVACUATION FLIGHTS ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 17). THE SHIP HAS BEEN UNDER QUARANTINE SINCE EARLY THIS MONTH, LEAVING SOME 3,700 PASSENGERS AND CREW IN CONFINEMENT, AFTER A PASSENGER WHO HAD LEFT THE SHIP IN HONG KONG WAS THEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
A 14-DAY QUARANTINE PERIOD FOR PASSENGERS IS SET TO END ON WEDNESDAY. PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTED NEGATIVE FOR THE VIRUS AND DO NOT HAVE FEVER OR RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS WILL BE CHECKED A FINAL TIME BY AN INFRARED CAMERA BEFORE DISEMBARKING, ACCORDING TO A NOTICE GIVEN TO PASSENGERS. (BUT THOSE BUNKING WITH SOMEONE WHO TESTED POSITIVE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DISEMBARK, THE NOTICE SAID.)
INFLOWS REMAINED ROBUST DURING THE OUTBREAK OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME, OR SARS, IN 2003, AS WELL AS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN 2008. GROWTH SLOWED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE OIL SUPPLY GLUT FROM 2014 TO 2016 THAT HURT MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES, WHERE OVER 2 MILLION FILIPINOS WORK, BUT DEPOSITS FROM OTHER LOCATIONS LIFTED THE OVERALL FIGURES.
INDEED, THE NOTION THAT 3,700 PASSENGERS SHOULD BE COOPED UP ON THE SAME SHIP FOR 14 DAYS WITH CARRIERS OF COVID-19 SEEMS, WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, A PARTICULARLY INEFFECTIVE WAY TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. IN FACT, OUTSIDE CHINA, THE BIGGEST CLUSTER OF INFECTIONS IS ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, WHERE CORONAVIRUS CASES HAVE CLIMBED QUICKLY TO 355 DESPITE PASSENGERS BEING CONFINED TO THEIR CABINS DURING A 14-DAY QUARANTINE.
"THE EMBASSY IS IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE RELEVANT PHILIPPINE AND JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND PRINCESS CRUISES TO ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE FILIPINO CREW AND PASSENGERS ARE MET AND TO FACILITATE THEIR RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES," DFA SAID IN A STATEMENT.
“WE ARE TRYING TO DISCUSS IT WITH IT WITH MV DIAMOND PRINCESS AND ALSO THROUGH OUR INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE NA NAKIKIPAGNEGOTIATE PO SA MAY-ARI NG SHIPPING LINE PARA SA REPATRIATION NG ATING MGA KABABAYAN (WHICH IS NEGOTIATING WITH THE OWNERS OF THE SHIPPING LINE FOR THE REPATRIATION OF OUR COUNTRYMEN),」 DR. MARIA ROSARIO VERGEIRE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) ASSISTANT SECRETARY DOH), SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH RADYO INQUIRER ON MONDAY.

 

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